Rose Hunting
Bands: KWGKBR · Stripes: K W G K DB R K W G K DB R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3548
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1831 — Rose Hunting (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1831 — Rose Htg (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3548
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1226
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1226
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
- Rose Hunting Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1226. Earliest known date: 1831 First recorded in James Logan's, 'The Scottish Gael' in 1831. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
- Rose, White dress
Thread count
K/16 W4 G40 K40 DB40 R/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Rose Hunting Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1226. Earliest known date: 1831 First recorded in James Logan's, 'The Scottish Gael' in 1831. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.14
- New York Fire Department Pipe Band — ΔT 0.66
- MacPhail Hunting #2 — ΔT 0.74
- MacLean, Donald (Personal) — ΔT 0.75
- Russell or Mitchell or Hunter or Galbraith — ΔT 0.75
- Leslie Hunting — ΔT 0.78
- MacLeish — ΔT 0.79
- Galbraith — ΔT 0.80
- Loudoun's Highlanders - 1747 #1 (Mil — ΔT 0.82
- Lyle and Scott — ΔT 0.82
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14313 variants placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (44% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its page.
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